Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1887-09-22

with William ssligsr. who was a German car
penter and made his appearance in Chicago in
1857 and who seemed to be an expert in bomb
making, and in March, 1856, brought dynamite
there The court quote some experiments made
by these gentlemen IN their peculiar trade, all
of which 70 to show that these two gentlemen
were experts in their business. The evidence
shows that these two men, April 80, 1886, the
Friday before the haymarkst meeting. met, and
Lingg brought to Seligers house q large wooden
box, three feet long and from sixteen TO eighteen
inches high. and that 1t contained dynamite.
snd that he uinggl spent that evening in filling
dynsmite into gas pipe and globular shells,
using a fat piece of wood, which ne had made
q number OF persons. aud seliger among
them. Upwards Of fifty bombs were
finished that afternoon. and it appears to have
Haymarket meeting. The record goes on inn
plicating others. especially one Heebner, who
was seen working at some coil fuse, and Lingg.
Seliger, Thalen and Herman were frequently
engaged in casting and melting IN Seliger's
kitchen. Pieces Of shells made by Ltngg were
subjected to chemical analysis. and were found
TO be composed Of q certain percentage Of tin
and the remainder of lead and antimony. iron
and zinc, and out OF the four bombs examined
the percentage varied but little, and the pieces
taken from Degen's body and those found at
Lingg's after his arrest were OF the same COM
position. The evidence goes on to further COM
plicate Lingg's connection with thus terrible
affair SO closely that escape for him would be
impossible. After fastening the evidence upon
Ltngg's guilt the court asks the question:
WHY DID LNoG MAKE THE BONE
which killed began? To answer this It be-
comes necessary to examine the character of the
association with which these defendants were
connected, and its aims. There was no question
about this organization, nor little about its OBJ
jects. Its platform was published by the Alarm
and the Arbeiter Zeitung. The court quoted
many familiar extracts from that sheet. Among
them are the peculiar ideas Of the communists,
the adjustment OF titles to lands and q sort Of
freedom which is far beyond or ages In the rear
I If madam afufAfvaFEna aud IN -ntaa ~ ehaoa arf4-
cles the charge is made that the state, the
churches, the schools and the press are
in the pay and under the sway Of the
capitalist, and that the laborers must overthrow
these powers by physical strength 1t is adj
mitted, and even positively asserted, that such
q thing as right OF property Is not only a myth,
but q great wrong to those who by laziness and
other faults have never earned property, or by
THEN want Of THRIFT cannot keep such as they
may nave mad. This association subverts all
law. These men should read our constitution
and laws. and then they will ind that they are
hemmed with law, but vet the yoke is so light
that none will feel it. There was another news
Ftelden owned some stock in IL,
and IL was under the management
court proceeded to connect the other felonies in
the case, for instance, that these movens were
the chief movers, and the center Of any and all
commanistic meetings Ia Chicago, and that they
were ia person and were always pronounced
followers of the red nag. Evidence was given
that there were twenty-five to thirty labor
unions IN IDlcdGO at tuag Time, embracing q
| membership of from fifteen thousand TO sixteen
thousand A large majority OF these men were
honest, industrious men, working daily
for their daily bread, well meaning
men and had DO thought of anarchy
or any Of it's hateful doctrines. The assemblage
for any ordinary purpose would have been law
full, but it was conducted as an unlawful assem-
blage, even prior 10 the armtng and drilling of
the group and was a violation OF the military
laws of Illinois. Each OF these defendants will
fully and malicioUsly violated the laws OF the
State Of Illi.Iois and they shall snffer the ex-
trens penalty Gxed by the court Of Cook county
on the day previously stated. As specimens OF
weapons by which depraved men or men with
no heart could use against their fellow creatures
nothing in modern times can approach the ex-
quisite means devised by these anarchists, and
they seemed to have made a study OF that awful
purpose. The court very carefully explains the
Law as To conspiracy in all its phases, and quotes
extensively from eminent authorities. We think
that the course pursued on the trial In regard to
the manner OF empannelling the jury was corr
rect and in accordance with the law. The state
Ia not called upon to tender the defendants a
seo0nd panel before the defendants tender IL
back four. We cannot see that the remarks Of
the states attorney in the argument to the jury
were marked by any such improprieties as re-
quire q reversal OF the Judgment. In theiI
lengthy argument counsel for the defense raise
some other points of minor importance which
are not noticed. As 20 these it is sufficient to
say that we have considered and do not regard
them well akea. The Judgment OF the criminal
court Of Cook county is affirmed.